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FREDRlOK C. DAMN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CONVEYlNG, ORNAMENTING, AN D DRYiNG MACHIN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,241, dated November19, 1889.

ApplicatiOn filed August 18, 1888. Serial No. 288,161. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, FREDRICK C. DAMM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Conveying,Ornamenting, and Drying Machines, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved device.Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of one-half of thesame. Fig.3 is a detached vertical sectional view of one of the carrier-wheelshereinafter described. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a modified form ofthe device.

My invention relates to moving platforms which are designed to conveyflying targets or other articles slowly from the machines in which theyare formed to a place where they areremoved for storing or shipment.

The object of my invention is to provide such a moving platform in itsmost advantageous form, and particularly to provide such mechanism aswill impart to the articles being carried 011 said platform a rotarymotion during the whole or part of their journey, whereby they may bemore quickly dried, cooled, or painted or otherwise ornamented andfinished.

To this end it consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of parts herein described and shown, and pointed outdefinitely in the claims.

Referring to the parts shown in the drawings, and especially in Figs. 1,2, and 3, which represent the most satisfactory embodiment of myinvention, A represents a circular revolving platform. This platform issecured to a vertical shaft B by means of whatl may term spokes C, whichare secured to said platform and to a hub c, keyed or otherwise fastenedto said shaft, and it is securely braced by means of braces F and G,secured to said spokes and to the hubs f and g, secured to said shaftabove and below the hub 0, respectively. The shaftis revolved in anysuitable manner-as, for example, the worm and gear shown in Fig. 1and asit revolvesit carries the platform A. Upon the platform are secured inone, two, or more concentric rows the spindles D, and upon thesespindles the carrier-wheels E are mounted, so that they may be freelyrevolved. The upper surface of these wheels upon which the-articles areplaced when taken from the forming-machine are provided with means forpreventing said articles from being thrown oif by the revolution of thewheels.

The machine shown is designed especially for conveying dish-shapedflying targets, and a raised annular flange 6, over which such targetsset, is sufficient to hold them on while said wheels are revolving,although other retaining device may be provided to hold said targets orany other form of article with which this machine may be used. The edgesof the wheels E are provided with an annular groove 6', for the betteraccommodation of round driving-belts, which I prefer to use with thisform of the machine. These carrier-wheels are arranged in more than onerow, so that more of the articles can be conveyed at one time, and therows are arranged one above the other, so that the separate belts fordriving each. row will not interfere wit-h each other.

H, I, and J represent belts which are trained over the pulleys II, I,and J, one of said pulleys being the driving-pulley and the othersloose. Thepulleys H and J are so arranged that the belt-sin passing fromone to the other are drawn into the grooves e on the Wheels E,whichwheels are revolved rapidly thereby. If it is desired to apply to therevolving articles any circular ornamentationas, for example, to paintthe same-the operator has only to touch the revolving article with hisbrush and a strip of color is left thereon; or the entire article may bepainted, if desired. The pulley I is located at one side, as shown, toleave a space for the operator by the side of the moving platform at thepoints Where the carrier-wheels are being revolved.

I11 use the machines upon which the articles are formed are located bythe side of the moving platform at about the point indicated in thedrawings, and the finished articles are removed at some convenient placebeyond the point where the carrier-wheels are in rotation. here morethan one forming-machine is in use, it is of advantage to have thecarrier-wheels arranged in several rows, because each machine can beassigned one row upon which the articles formed thereon can be placed,and an accurate account thereby kept of the productions of each machine.

In Fig. 4 is shown arevolving circular plat form which is driven by awide belt M on its rim, and nearly all the carrier-wheels E are revolvedat the same time by belts driven from the same shaft that drives thebelt M, but these belts are crossed, so that they move in a differentdirection from the belt M, and therefore cause the carrier-wheels torevolve rapidly.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a straight-belt platform A, which may be ofany desired length, and it is driven by the horizontal drums N N, aroundwhich it passes. Revoluble carrier-wheels are secured to its outsidesurface, and these Wheels are arranged in rows and are so placed thatthe belts Iand J, which pass between two adjacent rows, will be heldagainst the faces of all the wheels in said two rows, and therebyrevolve them, as shown. The belts are driven by the revolving sheaves Iand J, placed beyond the drums N. N. With this form of platform theedges of the carrier-wheels should be made fiat,not grooved,so that thebelts I and J will be easily released from engagement therewith whensaid carrier-wheels reach the drum N.

Both the last-above mentioned forms of the device are inferior to thatshown in Fig. 1 and first described,but are believed to be includedwithin the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a revolving circular platform and independentrevoluble carrierwheels journaled thereon in concentric tiers, eachinner tier being in a higher plane than the next outer tier, with a beltfor each tier of carrier-wheels, and a drum for driving said belts,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a revolving circular platform and independentrevoluble carrierwheels journaled thereon in concentric tiers, eachinner tier being in a higher plane than the next outer tier, with a beltfor each tier of carrier-wheels, anda driving-drum and two guiding drumsarranged substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

FREDRICK G. DAMM.

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E. L. THURSTON, W. J. BAINBRIDGE.

